story: The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Russian: СССР), was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple equal national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Russian nation had constitutionally equal status among the many nations of the union but exerted de facto dominance in various respects. Other major urban centres were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk. The Soviet Union was one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possessed the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. It was a founding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as well as a member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the leading member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) and the Warsaw Pact. 
  
  The Soviet Union had its roots in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government which had replaced Tsar Nicholas II during World War I. In 1922, the Soviet Union was formed with the unification of the Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian, and Byelorussian republics. Following Lenin's death in 1924 and a brief power struggle, Joseph Stalin came to power in the mid-1920s. Stalin committed the state's ideology to Marxism–Leninism (which he created), and initiated a centrally planned economy which led to a period of rapid industrialization and collectivization. During this period of totalitarian rule, Stalin imposed political paranoia; the mid-1930s Great Purge removed his opponents within and outside of the party via arbitrary arrests and persecutions of many people. Suppression of political critics, forced labor, and famines were perpetrated by Stalin; in 1933, a major famine struck Soviet Ukraine, causing the deaths of over 7 million people.
questions: Who led the Bolsheviks?
questions: What did they overthrow?
questions: Which had replaced the rule of whom?
questions: When did the overthrow occur?
questions: Who succeeded Lenin?
questions: When?
questions: When was the Great Purge?
questions: True or False: Stalin tolerated political criticism.
questions: What did he cause in 1933?
questions: Where?
questions: For how many deaths there was he basically responsible?
questions: Did the Soviet Union have nuclear weapons?
questions: How many other states had them?
questions: What does USSR stand for?
questions: What was the Russian version of this acronym?
questions: True or False: The USSR was a two-party state.
questions: What party did they have?
questions: What was the capital of the USSR?
questions: Name another major city of the USSR.
questions: And another?
answers: Vladimir Lenin,
answers: when the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin,
answers: Russian Provisional Government
answers:  overthrew the Russian Provisional Government 
answers: Tsar Nicholas II
answers:  which had replaced Tsar Nicholas II 
answers: 1917,
answers: The Soviet Union had its roots in the October Revolution of 1917,
answers: Joseph Stalin
answers:  Following Lenin's death in 1924 and a brief power struggle, Joseph Stalin came to power
answers: the mid-1920s.
answers: Joseph Stalin came to power in the mid-1920s.
answers: the mid-1930s
answers:  During this period of totalitarian rule, Stalin imposed political paranoia; the mid-1930s Great Purge
answers: false
answers: Suppression of political critics,
answers: a major famine
answers: in 1933, a major famine struck Soviet Ukraine,
answers: Soviet Ukraine,
answers:  major famine struck Soviet Ukraine,
answers: f over 7 million people.
answers: major famine struck Soviet Ukraine, causing the deaths of over 7 million people.
answers: yes
answers: The Soviet Union was one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possessed the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
answers: four others
answers: The Soviet Union was one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possessed the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
answers: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
answers:  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR,
answers: СССР
answers: USSR, Russian: СССР
answers: false
answers: The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, t
answers: governed by the Communist Party
answers: governed by the Communist Party
answers: Moscow
answers:  with Moscow as its capital
answers: Minsk
answers: Other major urban centres were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk. 
answers: Leningrad
answers: urban centres were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata and Novosibir